Supporting-socket for reflectors.



. W. H. SPENCER.

SUPPORTING socxm FOR REFLECTORS.

. APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1908 Z18, Patented July 13, 1909.

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WITNESSES:

W. H. SPENCER.

SUPPORTING SOCKET FOR REFLECTORS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1908.

92?.81 8. Patented July 13, 1909.

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lie it known that l ll niimn a eitlxen o. the llnited tnltiw residing attirooli'tvm in the eoanty ol' Ring and rttate novel deviee to!:nljustablv mounting: the.

2: telleet 'a' upon the einlqmrtion-ol a sup ort ing' roih steinbrat-lat. or ollni' means ol support said tlexiee ('(Hlllil'ivllhfl' apail o'l' pbcolall t' tUillltt'l ti and tnbnlar soel-zet bear-s orelement through whieh the \'l?'t to! manila-ting the eleetrieity to thelamp or lain'iis within the rel'leetor are drawn. My present invention,therefore, has for its prineipal object to provide J. novel supnn'tingsocket for reflectors, and a novel 1 ms of attaching the wit-hot to therefleetor-body or she l, with a View of providing a iollow or tubularsocket, which can be easily and quickly attached to a supporting rod,stein, bracket or other means of support, such a? the usual moldings inwhich electric conductors or wires are e; rred "from place to pi tsupporting soeliot being simple in its gei'ieral construetion being;readily Secured to the body or shell of the reflect on and the interiorconstruction the tubular or hollow pans of the sutiporting socket beingsueh, that during the installation of the wiring system, well as in theease or matting any necessary repairs, the conducting wires ean beeasily and quickly drawn through the parts of the sammrting socket andinto the relleetor-bod without; an zine" or possibility oi chafing orother injuring and destroying t'l e asetnlness nsnlation'n'pon the wiresthe invention has for its t'ui'tl'ier ohjeet' to provide noveltiwoq'iart sup 1 pivotaily conneted, for the a gynlar at uat- I 5. l

3 men; of the i'elleeter-laaly or ala .l, and the Specification of Letiters.

t of this speeili l went. Patented Jul 13 1909.

; pivotal arrangement oi said members being anel that in the ease ol'having to Ultllfl, tetra 1's to the wires or to the i'etlei'tor-bod),the said Hil'lfll-illllll lt'lS ean be readily sepa- 1 rated withouthaving to diseonneet the one Nl 'lfllll1t}ltl )(l' from the usualsupporting i rod. stem n'aehet. or eondlu-tor-anoldi -:11 and withoutbeing; eontpelled to renawe the or shell, as i z t present ordinarilythe was-(L Utheiobjeets of this invention not at this 1 time nioiartienlarl inent'itmed will be t vlearly understood from the 't'ollowingdetailed description.

4 \Yiz' h the various objeet's of in present, in

l \ention in View. the said invention consists,

l primarilv. in the novel supporting socke t for retleetors hereinafterset forth; and. the

Invention eonsislst'nrtln'rnan'e, in the "arious I!\.'\'Ll arrangementsand combinations ol derive and parts; as \Jell as in the details ol Ilaeonstrnetion ol the some. all o't whieh \.ill be more all tleseribed inhe tollowing speeilieation. and then linally embodied in the elanse ot'the elaini which are an pended to said specification and which form anessential part of the same.

The inventii'in is clearly illustrated in the aeeompanying drawings inwhieh l ign't'e 1 is an elevation of one form of ietleetor or shadeprovided with a supporting 'soehet embodying the principles of mypresent. invention; E2 is an end eleva tion 01" the dtwiees shown insaid F 1; and Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on line ---3in said Fig. 1, Fig. I} is face view ot a portion of the inner surfaceof the ikfllCLt'Ot', showing in and elevation a portion the.railenter-supporting socket; exttaiding into the, reflector-that andsaid v'lQW also showing; in et'n'ineetion with the said parts. a meansfor securing the ends of the adjaeentx "reflector elements or glasses,on opposite sides oi the said end-portion of the ielleet'or-soelaet, tothe inner surface of the said relleetonl ody or shell. Fig. 5 is ahorizontal nonal representation oi the su 'iporting soelzet, saidsection being ta en direetly through the at nns of pivotal conneet ionof the two SOClHt members, looking in a downward direction; and Fig. (3is a l lan View ot a blank 01 the main su iport" in or retaining plateof the lower member oi the sin n'ting seeliet, before its retain l i.

.2;; or hol and before being secured upon the outer suri like member TFi T face ofthe reflector-body or shell. is a longitudinal sectionalrepresentation of a portion of the metallic reflector-body or shell andreflector-elements or glasses, said view showing in connection therewithand in front elevation the supporting-socket cinbodying the principlesof my present invention, said view being made on an enlarged scale; andFig. 8 is a longitudinal vertical section of the said parts, showing inconnection with said view, and in side elevation, one form ofdouble-lamp receiving socket attached to the endportion of a tubularwire-conveying 'meinber suitably connected with the one member oi thesupporting socket and extending into the body of said reflector. Fig. 9is a transverse vertical sec tion taken on line 9-9 in said Fig. 7. Fig.10 is a front elevation of a reflector-supporting socket of a slightlymodified construction, but still embodying the principles of the presentinvention, showing the use of the socket with a wall or ceiling-moldingin which the usual electric wires or conductors Fig. Stiltl said areconveyed from place to place; and 11 is a transverse section of theparts, section being taken on line 11-41 in Fi 10.

Similar characters of reference are em ployed in all of the abovedescribed views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference-character 1 indicatesany suitably formed and suitably constructed reflector, the same beingusually made from sheetmetal shaped into any suitable cross-sec tionalconformation. The sheetnnetal refiector-body or shell is provided uponits inner surface-portions with variously disposed holding prongs ortongues 9 which are bent over the marginal edges of suitably disposedand suitably shaped reflector-elements or glasses, as 3. in thepresent'instance, the reflector-body or shell is of an angularcross-section, formed by any suitable number of angularly disposed andconnected portions or elements Gonnected with one of these portions orelements 4 is the supporting socket embodying the principles of thepresent invention.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive, in which ithave shown a supporting socket which is adapted for the attachment ofthe reflector-body or shell to a hollow rod, stem, bracket, or othersimilar support, for conveying the electric light wires to the lamp orlamps of the reflector, the said socket or fixture consists essentiallyof two socket-members 5 and 6 of the eneral construction to be presentlydescribed. The socket-member 5, which is the one which is to be directlysecured to one of the flat portions or elements a or the reflector-bodyor shell, comprises a Hat plateea /ere of sheet-metal formed with acentrally disposed oval hole or opening 8 and oppositely disposedretaining or holding tongues t) extending from the marginaledge-portions of said platc-like member. in its opposite end-portions10, the said plate 7 is provided. with screw or bolt-receiving holes orperforations 11 for the reception of suitable screws .12 which extendthrough the reflector-body or shell, from the interior thereof andthrough the perfora tions or holes 11, the parts being secured in theirassembled relations by means of said screws or bolts and the nuts 13arranged upon the screw-threaded shanks oi: the screws or bolts.Suitably arranged upon the said plate 7 is a pivot-member let, also madeof sheet-metal, and formed with a centrally disposed 0 *al opening 16and a pair of upwardly extending and perforated ears or lugs 15. Thesaid pivot-member 1 is placed directly upon the said plate 7 in such amanner that its opening or hole it; will register with. the opening orhole 8 in the plate 7, and the said marginal retaining or holdingtongues 9 are bent upwardly and over the opposite marginal edges of themain body of said pivotll'iClllbQl 1 so that the latter will. be tightlyand rigidly coi'uiected with said plate 7, as

will be clearly-evident from an inspection of the several figures of thedrawings. i lxtending through the registering oval holes or pertorationsof the said plate 7 and the said pivot-member 1st is a short piece ofpiping 17, the same being secured in its operative position by means ofthe headed and preferably flattened eudportion l8, and held againstturning in said oval holes by said flattened part 18. The said piece-01" iinin or tubin 17 also extends throu h t i a: a a

a suitably formed opening 19 in the part or element d of the rellectorbody or shell, and through an opening 21 in a plate 20 which is suitablysecured upon the inner face of said portion or member t and has its endsbent in a manner to form holding or clamping tongues 22- which engagewith the ends of the respective reflector-sections or glasses located onopposite sides of said tube or pipe 17, in the manner clearlyillustrated in. Figs. 7, 8 and 9 of the drawings. Upon its lower endportion the said tube or pipe 17 is made with a screw-thread .23,forming a suitable nipple upon which may be screwed the internallyscrew-threaded fastening member or socket 25 of any suitably constructedlight-receiving socket 524.

The previously mentioned. socket-member 6 comprises a tubularbody-portion 26 which is formed with an external screw-thread 27, andwith a pair of downwardly extending ears 28. Each car 28 is providedwith a screw-threaded hole or perforation 29, and when the said ears orlugs 28 are arranged like member and a tubular SOClKQt-iUQDlbGlpivot-Lilly v01 isctcd with said plv'Gt-infiffi snbstmitmilgr as and forthe pni'noses set .15 iorth.

A sup nn'ting socket for reflectors conipiising it it pints-like memberTlCiiiQd W b means or attaching it to n- (:iifitfiiO'fi bod}; andlit-taking marginal clamping lips, said plate-like body being providedwith a hole, a pimt-nieinber unon said platelilie member, Enidclnn'iping lips/being in clamped holding ei'igugeinent witl the man'-ginnl edge-portions of said pivot-member,

' said piyot-ineinbei" being pi'nvided with a 0. ii snpporting socketfor lCl'lOQU. conipz-ising a lint plats-lilac member provided with meansfor attaching it to n 1Gl'i 30i0l bocy and having marginal clampinglips, said plate-film body being pm led with n hole zi pivot-member uponsaid iint. plate.- likc :enibsi, said clamping lips being in clampedholding (engagement with the maniginnl edgemcnrtions of saidPlVOiL-Iliililbflf said pivoi-nnnnboi being pmvidcd with :1 hole i'egis,eiina' Wil'lithe hole in said pinte like 'l1'lGl1!l)G1,flUCl n tubingextending; tilfW" the holes in said pivot-member and said plain-likemember, said tubing being formed with an. annular bead for securing saidtubing to said pii ct znember.

4. A supporting sncket reflectors cmpnsing flat plate-like memberprovided with means for attaching it to a reflector body and havingmarginal clamping lips 1m 1 '1 #1 sind plate-nits 00d being HZOVM en wt1 1H nmi liole s '{)l\"OlL--ii1(3l11bl upon said fiat r platedi zemember, said clamping lips being in cl: pad molding engagement with themarginal edge-portions of said pivot-11181111 law, said TiVOt-H1GI11bQTbeing provided with an oval hole registering with the hole in saidplats-like member, and a tubing having a flattened end-portion arrangedin said oval holes to prevent tnrnin and means for securing saidend-nortion of the tubing to i said pivot-member.

A supporting socketfor reflectors c0mpri ing & fiat plate'liiie memberprovided with means for attaching it to a refiect0i'- body and havingfilid lllill clamping-lips, said plntedilze bad being provided with annvzil hole, a pivot-member upon said fiat plntc-iike member, saidclz'ln'iping lips being in clamped holding engagement, with thennili'ginal edgsportions of said pivot-mom? bei; saidpivst-inenibeibeing pmvided with an oval hole registering with the holein.

platedilas inenibeig and ii tubing having a, fiaitened end-portionzitmnged in said oval. bales to prevent turning said tubing being fwnedwith an niiilllnl bend for secining m d tubing to said pivntvmmnbei.

'1 teslnnny that i (:ldiin the invention 3. hre llQaQllTltO set my handI s.

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